Funny. You guys spend most of your time railing against so-called "experts" in their "universities" with their "knowledge" and "science", favouring truthiness instead, and yet here you are! Why is that I wonder?

Are you really that fucking stupid, sludge? From the drivel you post here you're either retarded or a green party member (then again, that's a tautology isn't it?) so I'll spell it out for you:On the one hand, a member of the academic community is finally questioning whether the emperor actually has magical clothes or he's really naked. On the other (assuming you're referring to the scam of AGW) the majority of the scientific community, in collusion with the lame stream media and politicians, are ridiculing, defaming and destroying the careers of anyone who dares question the authenticity of the emperor's magical clothing.Surely even you can see the difference in these scenarios? Or are you really that fucking stupid?

Its easy JH. Truth is an absolute but what passes for truth is often dictated by a reward for the people who benefit from their version of it being accepted as the truth. We won't always be seen to be right when truth and opinion finally meet but in respect of Maori I think "won't always be seen to be right" doesn't begin to describe the litany of lies that is presented as fact to support the grievence industry. As soon as you disagree the elite trougher's side kicks resort to haka, tongue poking, stick pointing and threat displays. I need to remind myself its 2010 rather than 1810. This is not progress.

Truth backed by science? You mean it's powerful and "real" when the science can be construed as supporting your preconceived and subjective notions, but when it doesn't (climate change anyone?), it's just a bunch of commies sounding off in their ivy covered ivory towers and forcing you, the hard working worker, to pay for it. That's super convenient that is!

Come on JH. Science is constantly evolving and many firm views from the past are being shown to be mistaken. This will go on for ever and what we think is true today may be shown to be wrong tomorrow. To blindly accept science opinion as fact rather than theory is just as stupid as accepting what some trougher says to support a hand out - an enquiring mind can judge the balance of probability as to what is more likely to be correct given the info available.

In this instance the Maori were here first so the actual ETA makes no difference to me. The Maori issue centres on far more recent political events.